Blue Devils focus, advance to state (The Tribune Chronicle)
BOARDMAN McDonald girls cross country coach Michael Richards said the Blue Devils knew Saturday s Division III regional meet would not present the best running conditions. In fact, the Boardman High School course had more than its fair share of mud.

John Muir Health and Blue Cross extend negotiations (East Bay Business Times)
John Muir Health and Blue Cross of California agreed Friday to continue negotiations until Nov. 30 on their contract for hospital services.

Blue Cross Foundation Improves Children's Health by Creating, Sustaining Healthy Environments for Their Growth and (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation has awarded 13 grants to nurture the healthy growth and development of young children. The grants, totaling $475,000, are the first made under the Foundation's Growing Up Healthy: Kids and Communities initiative.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Product Lines Ranked Among 'America's Best Health Plans'(R) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Three of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield's products offered through its subsidiary, Keystone Health Plan West, are among "America's Best Health Plans," according to U.S. News & World Report/National Committee for Quality Assurance America's Best Health Plans 2006.